UPW vs MI, WPL 2025 Highlights: Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets

Sophie Ecclestone to Hayley Matthews, Tossed up full and on middle, Matthews plays it softly to mid on.

Chinelle Henry to Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Straying down! Spills it full and angles it on the pads. Natalie Sciver-Brunt misses her flick and gets hit on the pads. 

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Bangs it short and around off, Matthews hops and taps it to point for a run.

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, SIX! Reads it quickly this time! Powered! Shorter and just outside off. Matthews stands tall and pulls it over cow corner for a biggie. 

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Matthews was late to read the length. This is short and around off, Matthews could have pulled but ends up dropping it to point.

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Similar line and length from Henry to Matthews! The batter plays it straight to point.

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Pushes it full and close to the fourth stump line. Matthews punches it to cover.

Chinelle Henry to continue...

Kranti Goud to Hayley Matthews, Outside off, pushes the length forward. Matthews knocks it to deep cover for one.

Kranti Goud to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! Kranti Goud misses again as she serves it too short and too wide. Matthews plays it uppishly and wide of backward point for a boundary.

Kranti Goud to Hayley Matthews, Anything close to the stumps will help UP against these two! On a length and on off, Matthews blocks.

Kranti Goud to Hayley Matthews, FOUR! That's too much width! Short in length and well outside off, Matthews hammers it past backward point who gets a hand on it but fails to stop it from racing to the fence.

Kranti Goud to Hayley Matthews, On a good length and around off, nips in a touch. Matthews knocks it to cover.

Kranti Goud to Hayley Matthews, A skiddy fuller delivery, outside off, shapes away very late. Matthews without any foot movement looks to drive but misses.

Natalie Sciver-Brunt walks to the middle, Also, Kranti Goud is into the attack. 

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, OUT! TAKEN! Just what UP wanted, a wicket! Well bowled again! Bowls it slightly short and angling on middle, Kerr pulls but off the higher part of the blade and to mid on where Grace Harris takes a dolly. A superb over for UP and need to build on this one.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, FOUR BYES! That's a jaffa! Effort delivery! Bangs it short and on middle, well directed and surprises Kerr who tries to drop her gloves and lets it go. It whizzes past her and over the keeper to the fence. 

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, Sees Kerr coming down the track and Chinelle Henry cramps her for room, bowls it on middle and Kerr chops it to short third man. An appeal for run out was Kerr was well in.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, Touch fuller and on middle, Kerr plays with soft hands to mid on.

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Times it well! Short in length and on middle, Matthews pulls it to deep square leg for one.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, Leg bye! Tossed up full and on leg, Kerr misses her flick and it rolls on the leg side for a leg bye. 

Sophie Ecclestone to Hayley Matthews, Tossed up on middle, fuller and Matthews blocks it on the leg side.

Sophie Ecclestone to Hayley Matthews, Flatter and outside off, skids on. Matthews looks to defend it across but misses.

Sophie Ecclestone to Amelia Kerr, QUICK RUN! Fuller and on middle, Kerr turns it to mid on and calls for a single. Matthews is ball watching but had to run across, she makes it as the the throw comes at the bowler's end.

Sophie Ecclestone to Amelia Kerr, FOUR! HIT HARD! Floats it very full and on off, quicker delivery. Kerr uses her feet and thumps it down past mid off and it races to the fence.

Sophie Ecclestone to Amelia Kerr, This one comes with the arm, cramps Kerr for room as she chops it to point.

Sophie Ecclestone to Hayley Matthews, THREE! Good running! Drops it flat and outside off, Matthews punches it to the left of cover. Chinelle Henry gives a chase and dives near the ropes to save a crucial run.

Who will bowl now? It is Sophie Ecclestone.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, FOUR! Threads it through! Fine shot! Pitched up, outside off, Kerr strokes it through extra cover, no chance for Deepti Sharma at mid off to stop that. 10 runs off the first over.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, CHANCE! A low full toss, around off, Kerr looks to work on the leg side but gets a leading edge back to Henry who dives forward but fails to hold on. Hard one to grab but should have been taken.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, Just drags her length back by a bit, length and outside off, shapes away. Kerr swings and misses.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, Serves it full and around off, swings away. Kerr nicely drives it but straight to mid off.

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Width given to this good length delivery, Matthews punches it to deep cover for a single. 

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Wide! Another wide! Shorter and outside off, swings away. Matthews slashes her blade and misses.

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, JUST ONE! Shorter and on middle, Kerr pulls but not with much power, it goes to square leg where the fielder runs back and takes a good catch but in vain. 

Chinelle Henry to Amelia Kerr, Wide! Need to reload the free-hit! Short of a length and on leg, Kerr looks to pull it away but misses.

Chinelle Henry to Hayley Matthews, Mumbai are underway! Good length ball on middle, Matthews turns it to mid-wicket for a single. Oh, not a great start by Henry as she has overstepped. A free-hit early in the innings.

We are back. The players are out in the middle. It's Amelia Kerr who joins Hayley Matthews to open up. Chinelle Henry to bowl first. Let's play...

…THE RUN CHASE…  

Right then, Mumbai needs 151 to get their fourth win of the season and move up the ladder. Can they do it or will UP come hard with the ball in a must-win contest for the home side? We shall find out soon. Join us in a bit for the second essay. 

Georgia Voll is up for a chat. She says that she was disappointed after the first game but this outing turned out well for her with the bat. Adds that they have got a big job to do with the ball and hopefully they can keep Mumbai under 150. Mentions that she is happy to open the innings with Grace Harris and says that 150 is a good score after they lost wickets through the middle of the innings. Shares that the wicket is a bit two-paced but adds that they have a quality bowling lineup and hopes to get the job done. 

After giving away a few loose balls, Mumbai did well to bounce back in the second half of the innings. They choked in the scoring and took wickets at regular intervals. At one stage, it looked like UP would go past the 180-run mark but some tidy bowling and ground fielding from Mumbai got them back in the contest. Amelia Kerr was the pick of the bowler with a five-wicket haul while Hayley Matthews chipped in with a couple. Natalie Sciver-Brunt and Parunika Sisodia bowled tidy spells and chipped in with one apiece. Mumbai will be the happier side going into the break. 

An excellent fightback from Mumbai has restricted UP to 150/9 from their 20 overs. Having been sent into bat first, UP got off to a brilliant start with Grace Harris and Georgia Voll who added 74 for the first wicket in eight overs. Harris departed on 28 but Voll carried on and smashed her maiden fifty in the Women's T20 League to set the base for her side. UP then lost Voll and Kiran Navgire in the space of a few balls and it allowed Mumbai to come back in the game. They made the scoring difficult for the UP batters and the boundaries were hard to come by for the home side. Deepti Sharma with 27 off 25 balls and Sophie Ecclestone with a cameo of 16 off 11 ensured UP get a fighting score in the end. 

Amelia Kerr to Sophie Ecclestone, OUT! AMELIA KERR FINISHES WITH A FIVE-WICKET HAUL. Drops it a touch short, on off. Sophie Ecclestone goes back and looks to clear the deep midwicket boundary. She gets the height but not the distance and holes out to Amanjot Kaur near the ropes. UP finish on 150/9 from their 20 overs. 

Amelia Kerr to Sophie Ecclestone, FOUR! DISPATCHED! A dipping low full toss on off. Sophie Ecclestone lofts it over the mid-off fielder and collects an important boundary. 

Amelia Kerr to Kranti Goud, Floated full on off. Kranti Goud lofts it off the cue end toward long-off for one.

Kranti Goud walks in at 10.

Amelia Kerr to Deepti Sharma, OUT! STUMPED! Amelia Kerr gets her fourth! Slower through the air and shorter outside off. Deepti Sharma shimmies down the pitch and looks to cut through the off-side. She misses it and the keeper, Yastika Bhatia does the rest. A painful knock from Deepti Sharma comes to a close. UP slide further. 

Amelia Kerr to Sophie Ecclestone, Dropped short, on the middle and leg. Sophie Ecclestone pulls it on the bounce to deep square leg for a single.

Amelia Kerr to Deepti Sharma, Tossed up down the leg. Deepti Sharma sweeps it toward long-leg for one.